well there goes my world view entirely
A new study by Smyth and colleagues identifies pterosaur trackmakers and shows that several lineages of Jurassic and Cretaceous pterosaurs independently evolved to thrive in terrestrial ecosystems, foraging on foot rather than on the wing!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#paleontology #science 🧪
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#paleontology #science 🧪
Identifying pterosaur trackmakers provides critical insights into mid-Mesozoic ground invasion
Smyth et al. show that pterosaur footprints can be assigned to specific groups using
diagnostic traits shared with body fossils. Tracks correspond to clades predicted
as the most terrestrially capable...
www.cell.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
well there goes my world view entirely
today, I saw a ruby-throated hummingbird nip little pieces of fluff from a cinnamon fern's central stalk and I will never be the same man again
May 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
today, I saw a ruby-throated hummingbird nip little pieces of fluff from a cinnamon fern's central stalk and I will never be the same man again
It is durably fascinating how little attention was paid to branding around the Disney stable of characters. Who is Mickey? What does he stand for? What my expect of him? Never clear.
The Phantom Blot--a mysterious nemesis who would go on to be a recurring foe of Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters--first appeared in Mickey's daily strip on May 22, 1939.
May 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It is durably fascinating how little attention was paid to branding around the Disney stable of characters. Who is Mickey? What does he stand for? What my expect of him? Never clear.
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Dear Heaven, there's a moose migration in Sweden and one can watch. #moose
The ‘Great Moose Migration’ Livestream Captivates Sweden (Gift Article)
Moose fans are following the weekslong moose migration, which airs live on the national broadcaster. “This is reality TV at its finest,” a moderator of a zealous Facebook group said.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Dear Heaven, there's a moose migration in Sweden and one can watch. #moose
For #fossilfriday, my favorite crinoid, which is on a larger crinoid. The larger is about a cm across so the smaller is a few mm. From Mineral Wells Fossil Park in Texas, where one can collect fossils for non-commercial purposes for free.
April 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
For #fossilfriday, my favorite crinoid, which is on a larger crinoid. The larger is about a cm across so the smaller is a few mm. From Mineral Wells Fossil Park in Texas, where one can collect fossils for non-commercial purposes for free.
Barry Levinson was 25.
In "Peanuts," characters first mused at the stone wall (the future site of countless deep philosophical discussions) on April 17, 1967. (Boy, is THIS strip truer than ever.)
April 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Barry Levinson was 25.
Possibly a mollusc trail from 200 mya for fossil friday. Fell off the outcrop. #fossilfriday #ichnology
April 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Possibly a mollusc trail from 200 mya for fossil friday. Fell off the outcrop. #fossilfriday #ichnology
there's just more things to look at now
Remember all the talk about “the end of email?“ Whatever happened with that?
April 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
there's just more things to look at now
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Who ate these plesiosaur & mosasaur bones? WORMS. And we know because of their traces.
Yasamin Taqwai on TimeScavengers
timescavengers.org/2025/03/20/b...
Yasamin Taqwai on TimeScavengers
timescavengers.org/2025/03/20/b...
Bone eating “Osedax worms” variation and spread geographically
New occurrences of the bone-eating worm Osedax from Late Cretaceous marine reptiles and implications for its biogeography and diversification By: Sarah Jamison-Todd, Philip D. Mannion, Adrian G. G…
timescavengers.org
March 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Who ate these plesiosaur & mosasaur bones? WORMS. And we know because of their traces.
Yasamin Taqwai on TimeScavengers
timescavengers.org/2025/03/20/b...
Yasamin Taqwai on TimeScavengers
timescavengers.org/2025/03/20/b...
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Stromatolite! Just a big brown rock but when you touch it it feels EXACTLY like oyster shell! Fossilized microbial mats from 1.2 BILLION years ago, among the earliest life forms known! JUST SITTING IN THE DESERT BY AN OLD ROAD.
March 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Stromatolite! Just a big brown rock but when you touch it it feels EXACTLY like oyster shell! Fossilized microbial mats from 1.2 BILLION years ago, among the earliest life forms known! JUST SITTING IN THE DESERT BY AN OLD ROAD.
OK not sure if this was #TenMinMerlin or #mimicsgohard. Many of these I heard, including the chickadee, the titmouse, the sparrow and the grackle. I also heard the mockingbird and the wren. However, the killdeer was also the mockingbird. And the hawk was the blue jay. #merlinpwned
March 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
OK not sure if this was #TenMinMerlin or #mimicsgohard. Many of these I heard, including the chickadee, the titmouse, the sparrow and the grackle. I also heard the mockingbird and the wren. However, the killdeer was also the mockingbird. And the hawk was the blue jay. #merlinpwned
I feel like we need a kickstarter so there can be shorter swords for rabbits
Wildlife tracking tips.
Thank you Patrons! www.patreon.com/c/birdandmoon
Thank you Patrons! www.patreon.com/c/birdandmoon
March 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I feel like we need a kickstarter so there can be shorter swords for rabbits
I have tabs for novels. And tabs for things that I put in tabs so I can discard them guilt-free. Like my recipe box.
Organizing my home and work browser tabs into tab groups or containers focused on active projects actually improves sanity. Browser only people probably already know this.
February 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I have tabs for novels. And tabs for things that I put in tabs so I can discard them guilt-free. Like my recipe box.
the seeds don't care about yer silly bougie planz
Against all odds (seed viability, harvesting time, processing, stratification, and me having never done this before), a small number of my rosehip seeds are sprouting!
In my purposely planted tray? Oh no, Precious.
I tossed leftover seeds in the worm composter. Those are the sprouters.
In my purposely planted tray? Oh no, Precious.
I tossed leftover seeds in the worm composter. Those are the sprouters.
February 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
the seeds don't care about yer silly bougie planz
it's his own fault if he can't afford child care.
He hauls that poor kid around because the little dude has the goods. Given his ability to sue endlessly, I assume his mother can’t do anything about it.
February 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
it's his own fault if he can't afford child care.
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February 10, 1796, birthday of Henry Thomas De la Beche. Director of the British Geological Survey & friend of Mary Anning.When not busy creating the 1st paleoecological reconstruction, being fascinated by fossil💩, he made fun of fellow geologists
historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com/2020/02/de-l...
historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com/2020/02/de-l...
February 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
February 10, 1796, birthday of Henry Thomas De la Beche. Director of the British Geological Survey & friend of Mary Anning.When not busy creating the 1st paleoecological reconstruction, being fascinated by fossil💩, he made fun of fellow geologists
historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com/2020/02/de-l...
historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com/2020/02/de-l...
I'm using an app now to determine what layer of bedrock is under me, and let's face it, that means there's ne for everything #rockd
Remember how excited we were when we discovered there was an app for everything? There's an app for everything.
February 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm using an app now to determine what layer of bedrock is under me, and let's face it, that means there's ne for everything #rockd
I just saw one come down in Westfield, Ma, and the waterfalls it hid are welcome to see.
There are >31000 mostly small dams in the northeastern United States. 💦
They damage aquatic and terrestrial habitat, impede fish movement, and even kill people. 🏞️
And they are coming down thanks to the efforts of citizens and local governments. 🌎
e360.yale.edu/features/nor...
They damage aquatic and terrestrial habitat, impede fish movement, and even kill people. 🏞️
And they are coming down thanks to the efforts of citizens and local governments. 🌎
e360.yale.edu/features/nor...
How Tearing Down Small Dams Is Helping Restore Northeast Rivers
More than 30,000 small dams currently block river tributaries from Maine to Maryland. New initiatives to remove them are aimed at restoring natural flows, improving habitat for aquatic life, and reope...
e360.yale.edu
February 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I just saw one come down in Westfield, Ma, and the waterfalls it hid are welcome to see.
current POV at work
Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.
February 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
current POV at work
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#FossilFriday! This time it isnt one from my own collection, but one of my favorite fossils overall. This one can be found in Cambridge Museum of Archeology. I made this photo when we visited it. Its a combination of a fossil and stone age hand axe. Absolutely stunning! #fossil #stoneage #history
January 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
#FossilFriday! This time it isnt one from my own collection, but one of my favorite fossils overall. This one can be found in Cambridge Museum of Archeology. I made this photo when we visited it. Its a combination of a fossil and stone age hand axe. Absolutely stunning! #fossil #stoneage #history
For #fossilfriday, I give you burrows preserved in sandstone from Springfield, Mass., that was used in a dam at the Whiting Reservoir in Holyoke. The dam's top layer has 100+ slabs, many of which have marks of Jurassic-Triassic ichnospecies (and a dino footprint). On purpose? Who knows? #ichnology
January 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For #fossilfriday, I give you burrows preserved in sandstone from Springfield, Mass., that was used in a dam at the Whiting Reservoir in Holyoke. The dam's top layer has 100+ slabs, many of which have marks of Jurassic-Triassic ichnospecies (and a dino footprint). On purpose? Who knows? #ichnology
POV
January 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
POV
Sedges are so awesome.
The International Sedge Society is moving across to Bluesky - follow us if you are interested in identifying, growing or studying sedges!
January 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sedges are so awesome.
"boil that dust speck"
Let’s play around with cosmic distances shall we? Because I don’t think the human brain can actually understand it. But I’m gonna use rice, and say 1 grain = 10,000 miles (~16,000 km).
That means the circumference of Earth is just under two and a half grains. These contain all our lives 🧪🔭 (1/n)
That means the circumference of Earth is just under two and a half grains. These contain all our lives 🧪🔭 (1/n)
January 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"boil that dust speck"